Temple Mount and the western wall would become pavilions in which the strictest rules are observed and the most colourful customs preserved.
Traditionally, the food is cooked by women, and this custom is preserved at Blue Ginger where Vivien Lian, who is the niece of a famous nonya cook, Leong Yee Soo, has developed a menu that reflects the best aspects of the nonya style.
Not only Islamic but also ancient Turco-Mongol practices and customs were preserved in their ritual.
North American mainstream culture prevails in South Dakota, yet traditional customs are preserved in many religious enclaves and Native American reservations.
Among many peoples it has been the custom to preserve the memory of the dead by images of them placed upon their graves or tombs, usually with some accompanying inscription recording their names and often their achievements.
Taxidermy may be traced to the ancient custom of preserving trophies of the hunt, but the principal motive for its development into an art was the growth of interest, especially from the time of the Enlightenment, in natural history and the consequent appearance of both private collections and exhibits in public museums of birds, beasts, and curiosities.
It is not necessary to interpret these findings as remains of headhunting or developed skull cults; for even today some simple hunting and gathering societies have the custom of preserving such parts of corpses for long periods of time and even of carrying them around on their bodies.
Also, special sacrificial traditions were closely connected to game, particularly the custom of preserving the animal skeleton or a part of a skeleton in order to placate the ruler of the animals (see above) and to provide for continuation of the species.
This latter custom has been preserved in modern Israel at the swearing in of the president of the state.
In respect of custom, consistency is preserved when the vestibules of magnificent edifices are conveniently contrived and richly finished: for those buildings cannot be said to be consistent, to whose splendid interiors you pass through poor and mean entrances.
